Mine car



A'. R. LONG MINE CAR Filed April 16, 1954 7 Sheets-Sl leef 1 Nov. 1, 1938.

A. R. LONG MINE CAR Filed April 16, 1954 7 Sheets-Sheet 2 l ATTO R N EYS.

NOV. 1, A LQNG MINE CAR Fil ed April 16, 19:54 7 Sheets-Sheet z INVENTOR.

Arms'a a dR.Ldng

Nov. 1, 1938.

A. R. LONG MINE CAR Filed April 16, 1954 7 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR.

MW ATTORNEYS.

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MINE CAR Filed April 16, 1954 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 I l I l I I I|L NOV. 1, 1938. A N 2,135,405

MINE CAR Filed April 16, 1954 7 Sheets-Sheet 6 A. R. LONG MINE GAR Nov. 1, 1938.

Filed April 16, 1934 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 FIG. 21. f

INV ENTOR. Armi. .s'e aEI. R. I... 0113 Patented Nov. 1, 1938 UNITED STATES MINE CAR Application April 16, 1934, Serial N0.1720904 9 Claims.

'Ihe present invention relatesto improvements in 'industrial cars, such as these used in mines and quarries.

The principal object of the invention is to provide industrial cars having unusual capacity for carrying large and heavy loads, and which are durable and have that flexibility desirable where cars must pass over irregular tracks and. around sharp curves.

10 Another Object of the invention is to provide ndustrial car bodies which are readily cletachable from the wheels and mountings thereof and which bodies are strong and durable, yet comparatively light in weight considering their 15. capacity for large and heavy loads. Thisis in part due tothe manner in which the side:sills are connected to the bottoms, sides and ends thereof, so that substantially rigid bodies are provided which will not warp, and. droop or swag at ends 01 sideseven tho 'frequentlj carried over uneven tracks.

A further Object of the invention is to provide industrial cars where the wheel axles have floatng relationshp with the bodies in that the ax1es have slig'ht play up and down, forwardly and rearwardly, and toward and. from the longitudinal axes of the car bodies, giving fiexibility between the car bodies and the wheeled supports, in such a manner as to allow the wheeled supports to follow irregular surfaces of tracks and. the bodies to follow in the general line of draft without undue strain on the bodies and without thelikelihood that the car will become derailed whenone of four or moreof the wheels of the car passes over a declivity in one of the rails of the track.

A stil] further object of the invention is to provide wheeled supports for industrial car bodes so formed and constructed as to permit carrying 4 thebodies low, near the tracks, thereby greatly increasing ther capacities iorlarge loads.

Recent developments in industrial aars tend towar'd the provision of deep side sills and supporting of the central fioor sections of the body 45 bottoms 1ow down between the wheels for increased capacity. These deep s'i1ls are heavy and. call for side or step-like fioor sectons of the body bottoms running along both sides of each central fioor secton, which are flush with 01 50 abovethe top margins of the deep sills. It is another object ofthepresent invention to provide constructions which will enable these side fioor sectons to.be placed near the plane of the central fioor section or to entirely eliminate the 55 step-lik 111001 sectons thereby greatly increasing the capacity of the car so :constructed over the many types zrecently devlopedvandabove re-' ferreclto.

A further object of theinventionis -.to 1provide industrial cars Where housings or hoods of dome-like formation projecting upwardly above the fioor sectons to accommodatethe wheels and keep material from dropping romthe bodies, are so shaped, in end dump aars, as to occupyaslittle ma;terial carrying spaceas possibleandyet not =10 impede the flow of materialfromthebodies When dumped.

Another object of the invent'ion is -to provide mine cars '01 greater capacity, consistent with over-all dimensions, thanthe mine car shown in 15 my Unted States Patent 1,834463 lgrarlted December 1, 1931. This is in part accomplishedby having the ends of stubraxles ofwheeled mountings for the bodiesin confronting' relation to imperforate portions oftheside -sills, and relatively .*zp flat axle holding blocks interposed between the wheels and side si1ls.

Other objects andadvantages of the invention will appear in the following detailed descrption, taken in :connection with the accompanying 2 5 drawings, forming a part of this specification,

and in which drawingsz Figure 1 isa bottom plan view of a mine car constructed according to the present invention, a portion of the wheeled support being removed 30 to disclose details anda portion of the :carbody bottom being breken-away with"a combind end sill and bumper construction "showninhorizontal section.

Figure 2 is a view partlyin side elevation and. 35 partly in centra] verti'cal sectionof thecar.

Figure3 is a top planview of a suitablerside sill formng a part of the car body.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detailed verticalsectional view on the line4-4 of Figure Figure 5 is an enlarged deta.led viewpartly in elevation and partly in vertical section of a portion ofthe car body and wheeled.mounting, fragments of the wheelbeing shown by dat and dash lines.

Figure .6 is an enlarged detail view partly; in plan and partly inhorizontalsection showing a portion of the car.body and wheeled mounting therefor.

Figure 7 is a, fragmentary perspective view of similar parts of themne car and showingmore particularly therelationship of -por-tiens of the wheeled mounting tothe side sill of the carbody.

Figure 8 is a view in elevation of one of the trucks or wheeled mountings for the car body.

tien 59 of the car floor toward the side wall 30 and end wall 3l, that is, toward the end wall which is opposite end gate 32. These housings 58 keep material from dropping thru the wheel openings 69 and occupy but 1ittle material carrying space in the body. They do not impede the flow of coal or other material from the bodies when dumped.

Each side wall 30 is preferably provided with an outturned bead l5 at its upper margin and is preferaibly cut away at its lower margin, as at '16 and 11 so as to permit the wheels of the mountngs or trucks B to be. removed laterally, without disturbing other portions of the mountings. The end wall 3! is preferably secured to the side walls 30 by fianges 18 and is preferably provided with a horizontal flange 19 at its iower end portion, forming a cover or spring means associated with the draft rigging. The end gate 32 may be of any approved construction and is shown merely by way of example as suitable equipment for an end dump car.

Except as hereinafter noted, the combined end sill and bumper structure 33 may be of any approved design, such as disclosed in my aforesaid Patent No. 2,089754. It will be noted, as to the combined end sill and bumper structure 34 that it comprises a cross bar 8!) ext-ending from one siil 28 to the other sill and is provided with inturned fianges 82, riveted or otherwise secured to the dverging end portions 48 of the side sills, whereby the side walls 38, thru the floor section 68 and the end sill thru the fianges 82 are securely fastened to the side sills.

Referring now to the wheeled mountin-gs or trucks B, the wheels 34 and 35 may be rotatably mounted on the stub axles 31 in any suitable manner. These stub axles are preferably shunk in openings 83 f0rmed in the blocks 38. Each block 38 preferably comprises a polygonal main body portion 84 having a flat top. face 85 normally engaging the under face 59 of bearing 45. The arms 39 extend laterally of the main body portion 84 and are also normally in surface contact with the under faces 86 of flanges 52 of hearing 45. In other words, the car body normally rests upon the wheeled mounting by engagement of its side sills wtih the arms 39 and main body portion 84 of the axle holding blocks. It is to be noted, however, that the saddle-like portion 49 is made sufliciently larger than the upper portion of the polygonal main body 84, to permit movement of the block 38 and the car body, one with respect to the other, longitudinally of the car; The tie bar 40 may be welded, riveted, or formed integral with the axle holding blocks and as shown in Figure 4 extends beneath the intermediate section 59 of the central.floor portion of the car body. This tie bar is made sufficiently long, and the companion axle holding blocks 38 of each wheeled mounting B are spaced apart a distance appreciably greater than the spacing of the companion bearings 45, so that there is a space 81 between the inner vertical face of block 38, and the outer vertcal face of Web 5! of the hearing 45, when the car body is exactly centered upon the wheeled mounting. This permits sidewise movement of the wheeled mounting and car body, one with respect to the other and together with other characteristics hereinafter referred to permits a truly floating connection between the body and wheeled mountings, permitting the car body to follow in the general line of draft and the wheels to accommodate themselves to uneven tracks.

Instead of fixedly connecting the wheeled mountings B, so as to constitute a single unitary four wheel truck as in my former Patent 1,834463, the wheeledmountings are free of one another so that the one mounting B may freely move to a position where the axis of the stub axles thereof is in angular relation to the car bottom, while the ether mounting B may freely move to a position where the axs of the stub axle thereof is in a different angular relation to the car body, instead of the normal position where these rnountings B have the axes of their stub axles parallel to the car bottom. In other words, the wheel 34 of one mounting B may drop down from a normal positicn when following a declivity in the rail on one side of the track, while the wheel 35 of the other mounting B may drop down from a normal position when fol lowing a declivity in the rail on the other side of the track.

The retainers 4I cooperate with the side sills 28 to provide pockets 4i' for the arms 39. Each retainer preferably comprises a horizontal flange 99, a hcrizontal abutment flange 91, a vertical attaching fiange 92, a vertical abutment flange 93 and a retaining wall 94 connecting the flanges 96 and 93 remote from the flanges 99 and 92, so that when the attaching flange 92 is riveted, welded or otherwise secured tothe side sill, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, the pocket 4! is provided. It is to be noted, hovvever, that normally there is a space 95 between the ends of the arms 39 and the vertical abutment flanges 93 of their respective retainers 4I, and also spaces 96 and 91 between the outer and inner faces of these arms and the retaining wall 94 of the retainer 4l, and the web 5! of hearing 45, respectively, permitting the wheeled mounting to shift laterally with respect to the car body, or the car body shift laterally with respect to the wheeled mounting. If the car body A is lifted, the arms 39 wil1 contact the horizontal flanges 91 of retainers 4l, and such wil1 prevent separation of the wheeled mountings B from the car body.

The saddle-like porton 49 of hearing 45 permits the axle holding blocks to extend upwardly thru the recesses 43 in the side sills, yet effectively supporting the body by engagement of the side sills with the arms 39 and dsposing the axis of the stub axle 3! of the block we1l above the centra] flor portion 58, thus providing a car of considerable capacity.

Referring now to the modification shown in Figures 13-18, the body A comprises side sills IH(L a. bottom |9l side walls H12, end wall i03,

end gate I94, and bumper structures 15 and i[!5 at the end wall 593 and gate H34, respectively. The body in this example is provided with wheeled mountings B each comprising companion wheels 19"! and 5538; an axle structure N39 including stub axles H9 for the wheels, axle holding blocks IJi provided with laterally extending arms ll2 near the bottoms of the blocks and a tie bar I !3 connecting the blocks H 4; and, re tainers. H4 associated in the exampie shown with the stub axles H0 to keep the wheeled mountings B from separating fr-om the body A when the latter is lfted.

The side sills 10, in theexarnple shown are preferably straight extending from one end to the other end of the car next adjacent to the side walls H32. Each sil1 comprises a vertical flange H5 and a horizontal inturned fiange H6. Each horizontal flange l I6 is provided with a recess or opening IJ'l thru which the stub ax1e. l I

" for slidably receiving the bolts' I3'Icoil springs may pass when the body is lifted off the wheel mountings As to bottom I N, itdiifers -from the form shown in Figures 1-- 12 in that it is preferably one solid flat sheet of metal elongate inshape and provided with wheel openings II8 in spaced apart relation longitudinally of the car and adjacent the side margins of the bottom. These wheel openings are shaped to provide amajor portion II9 for the wheel and. symmetrically located, oppositely disposed minor portons I20 {and I2I forthe stub axle IIO and the axle =holding blocks II I, respectiirely.

Inasmuch as the lateral armsIl2 are at the lowerportions of the axle holding blocks H I,

and the bearings I22 rigide with the oar body normally rest upon these arms, it is to be observed that the stub axles IIO are locatedabove the plane of the car bottom, thus. locating the wheels with themajor prtions thereof above the plaheof the carfloor. The bearings I22 may b-welded to uptrned portions I23 of the car bottom to give more surface for the axle holding block II I to pull against. It is to be noted, however, that there is a space I24 between these bearings I 22 and the axle holding block III,

when the wheel mounting is oentered in the wheel opening and also that there isa space I25 between the axle holding block and the wall defining portion I2I of the wheel opening which perm'itsrelative movement between the wheeled mounting and the car body laterally.

- Housingsorhoods I26 are provided similarto those designated 58 in the first describedform and comprise a dom-like portion I2'I, ahori zontallowerflange I28,riveted, welded or otherwise seouredtothe bottom IDI, and an upturned vertical flange I29 likewise secured to the side I32 a plurality of Parallel bolts I3Iearried by plate I3I and extending toward the bumper block wall IIJ2, which wall is also secured to the verticl lange 'I I 5 of the side sill IOIJ. These wheel heus ings I26 "are elongate II SIELPG extending longitudinally of the cai, over the whe elsand have a portionI3ll triangular in plan at their ends oppositethe end gate IIM When the car is of the end dump type.

In order to prevent separation of the wheeled mountings B from thcar body, when.the latter is liftd, the retainers II4 are provided, and in the example shown comprise flat bars bolted as at I3I to the horizontal flange IIIS of side sill IIII). When in place these retaine rs are beneath the stub axles I I 0 and prevent same passing thru the portions I 20 of wheel openings I I8, as isobvious from an inspection of Figures 15 and. 17.

In Figure 18 is shown the preferred end sil1 and bumper construotion I03. It comprises a bumper blook I32, recessed at its rear end. as shown at I33, 'thisblock fitting between upper andloWer horizontalplates I34 and I35, an abutment plate I 36t0 the rear of and spaced from bumperblock andinto thejrecess I33 thereof, a second abut- 1 mem; plate I38 engaging the rear end of the b11mperblo0k and provided with openings I39 l l enoircling theboltsand interposed between thdbutment plates, andnuts I 4I on the bolts to limit}the movement of the abutment plate sion aotion o fthespringsi It is also preferred to provide sleevesl l2 on the bolts, inside the springsjto engage both abutme nt plates to limit the moyement of theplate I38 toward plate I uponimpact upon the bumper block. This type of end sill and bumper bonstruction may also be applied to the form of mine oar shown in Figures 1-12, and some of the details are shown in dotted lines in Figure 1.

As to the modification shown in Figures 19-27, the body A comprises side sills I50, a bottom I5l, side Walls I52, end walls I53 and. I54, and bumper structures I55 and. I56 at the end Walls I53 and I54, respectively. The body in this modification is provided with wheeled mountings B eaoh comprising a wheel I5'I, an axle structure I58 includ ing a stub axle I59 and hldingblooks I6Iland I6I of non-circular shape adjaoent opposite-ends of the axle; inner and outer baririgs I62 and I63 Carried by the par body; and a retainer I64 associated with the hearing; I62,*to keep the wheeled rhonting from separating from the body A when the latter islifted.

Insofar as the body A is .concerried it is very siinilar to the form Shownin Figures 1318, in

that the bottom. I5I ispreferably one solid flat sheet of metal, with the wheel openngs I65 similar in shape to thos designated II8. In the present example,no tie bar similar to those desig-- nated and II3 is provided connecting companion wheels at oploosite sides of the oar body;

The axle holding blook I60 inaybe shrunk a neat fit 0112 the stub axle adjaoent itsother end, but not shunk thereon. The innerbearing I62 comprises a saddle I66 provided with lateral upon the stub axle I59 adjacent its inner end,

but the axle holding blockl I6I maymerely have attaching flangeslfi'l at its loweends, to be riveted, or otherwise Secured to the .car bottom The saddle I66 is provided with an end flarige I68,hwing a recess I69 terminating in an arcua'te end wall "U, of a radius greater than the radius of axle portion 'I'II Whioh projeots thereinto, as shown in Figure 20. 'I'heouter bear ing I63 is similar to hearing I62 in that it comprises a saddle portion I'I2, lateral'attaching flanges "3 by which it may be rivetedor otherwise seeured to the ar bottom I and. to the end wall I52 by rivets I55, a filler;block I55' being interposed between hearing I63 and the wall I5Z and resting on horizontalflange I'I4 of the side si1l I50. The hearing I63 has an outer flange I'I5 providedwith a recess I'I6 leadingfrom its lower margn and terminating inan arcuate 'wall I'I'I,j of aradisgreater than the radius 'of The retainer I64 may outer axle. portion I'I8.

compris a stud bolt threaded into theilange I68 at the recess I69, as shownin Figures 20 and 21 to keep the.wheelmountingfrom separating from the body A when the latter is lifted. Asuitable housing or hood I8II is disposed over each wheel opening I65,each ho1ising being simi lar to that previously described in that it cornprises a dome portion I8I, a lower horizontal 'flangeQ I82, secured to the Car bottom I5I, and avertical flange I83 attachedto the side wall I525 This housing, when applied to a car of the end dump type is also provided with a portion I84,

tapering in plan, or triangular in plan, as previously described, tapering from adjacent the central portion of the car body floor, toward that end of thecar opposite theend gatetni u which material may be dumped; 1

extend into these recesses, and the holding blocks I60 and I6I are of less width than the interor recesses of saddles 166 and l'l2 providing spaces 15 and [86 when the wheel mountings are centered in the saddles, the wheel mountings have a truly floating relationship to the bar body since they have lmited movement longitudinally, laterally, and up and down, with respect to the car body, or the car body with respect to the wheel mountings. Ths is particularly advantageous to take care of unusual short curves in addition to permitting the wheels to follow irregular or undulating rails without becoming derailed, while the body remains in the general line of draft.

While the foregoing descrption and the drawings are directed to end dump cars, it will be apparent from the description that within the spirit of the invention both ends of the car may be provided with fixed end walls to provide a rotary dump car if desired.

What is claimed is:

1. A mine car comprising .a body including side si1ls, wheeled mountings for the body, each comprising a wheel, a stub axle for the wheel and a polygonal holding block rigid with the axle and dsposed laterally of the side sill with the inner end of the axle in confronting relation to an imperforate portion of the adjacent side sill, and means carried by the car body for each of said holding blocks, said means embracing its respective block with slight play of the body upwardly, rearwardly and forwardly, and. laterally with respect to the axle holding block whereby there is a floating connection between the body and wheeled mountings, permitting the car body to follow in the general line of draft and the wheels to accommodate themselves to uneven tracks.

2. In a mine car, a car body, at least two wheeled mountings for the body each mounting comprising companion wheels for opposite rails of the track, stub axles for the wheels, holding blocks rigid with the axles, said blocks each comprising a main body portion from which its respective axle extencls and opposite laterally extendng arms upon which the car body normally rests, and a tie bar connecting the blocks with the stub axles projecting in opposite directions, and retainers carried by the car body for engagement with the said arms of the wheeled mountings to normally keep the latter from separating from the body when the letter is lifted, said wheeled mountings being movable with respect to the body independently of each other.

3, In a, mine car, the combinaton of a side sill including a vertical web and a, horizontal flange outstandng from the upper portion of the web, said flange notched to provide a recess, a reinforcing filler secured to said side sill and including a saddle-like portion projectng aboye said flange at said recess, and. horizontal flanges engaging the said sill flange at each side of said recess, a wheel mounting including a stub axle and an axle holding block secured thereto, said block including a polygonal main body portion having its upper portion extending into the saddle-like portion of said reinforcing filler but sufficiently smaller than the latter to permit movement of the block and sill one with respect to the other, longitudinally of the car, and arms extending laterally of the main body beneath the said sill flange to each side of the recess thereof, and a retainer for each of said arms of the axle holding block, secured to said side sill, each retainer providng a pocket receiving with longitudinal,

transverse and vertical play, its respective axle block arm.

4. In a mine car, the combination of a side sill including a vertical web and horizontal flange 0utstanding from the upper porti on of the web, said flange notched to p-rovide a recess, a wheel mounting including a stub ax1e and an axleholding block secured thereto, said block includinga polygonalmain body portion having its upper portion extending above said sill flange thru said recess, and armsextendng laterally of the block main body beneath the said sill flange, to each side of the recess thereof, and a retainer for each of said arms of the ax le holding block, secured to said side sill, each retaner providing a pocketreceiving with longitudinal, lateral and vertical play, its respectivaxle block arm.

5. In a mine car, the combination of a side sill including a vertcal web and ahorzontal flange outstanding from the upper portion of the web, said sill having an intermediate portion and angular end portions extending laterally to one side of the plane of the vertical web of the intermediate portion, and the said lange of the intermediate portion notched adjacent said angular ends to provide recesses, a reinforcing filler for each recess, secured to the side sill, including a main body portion secured to the vertical web of the intermediate portion of said side sill, a saddle-like portion carried by said main body portion and projecting upwardly thru its respective recess, horizontal flanges extending from each end of the saddle-like portion, beneath said flange of the side sill, and a minor angular portion extending from said main body and secured to the vertical web of the adjacent angular end portion of the side sill, a wheel mounting at each recess of the side sill, including a stub axle and an axle holding block secured thereto, said block including a polygonal main body portion having its upper portion extending into the saddle-like portion of said reinforcing filler but suflciently smaller than the latter to permit m.ovement of the block and sill one with respect to the other, longitudinally of the car, and arms extending laterally of the block main body beneath the said sill flange to each side of the recess thereof, and. a retainer fox each of said arms of the axle holding block, secured to said side sill, each retainer providing a pocket receivng with longitudinal, transverse and. vertical play, its respective axle block arm.

6. In a mine car, the combination of a side sill including a vertcal web and horizontal flange outstanding from the upper portion of the web, said flange notched to provide a recess, a reinforcing fi1ler secured to said side sill and including a saddle-like portion projecting above said flange at said r'ecess and horizontal flanges engaging the under face of said flange at each side of said recess, a wheel mounting including a stub axle and an axle holding block secured thereto, said block including a polygonal main body portion having its upper portion extending into the saddle-like portion of said reinforcing filler but suficiently smaller than the latter to permit movemeht of the block and sill one with respect to the ether, longitudinally of the car, and arms extending laterally of the main body beneath the said sill fiange to each side of the recess thereof and normally engaging the said flanges of said reinforcing filler, and a retainer for each of said arms of the axle holding block, secured to said side sill, each retainer providing a pocket 

